You will be answering two essay type questions. The assessment is worth 40% of the overall mark and has a length of 2000 words (footnotes are excluded).
You are expected to apply AGLC referencing and a properly formatted bibliography.
Please respond to the following two questions:
Question 1
Sam is a 22-year-old law student. Having had a dysfunctional home life, Sam ran away from home at 14. When Sam was 15, he was placed on a good behaviour bond without conviction by the Children's Court for 12 months for offences including graffiti, theft,and joyriding.
After working various jobs including as a dog walker and Uber Eats deliverer, Sam decides to enrol at RMIT to study law and turn his life around.
Sam loves his law course but is very stressed with multiple law assignments due at the same time and decides to purchase and submit a torts paper from an online essay writing company.
RMIT staff detect the essay as contract cheating and a breach of the University's academic integrity policies. Sam is found guilty of academic misconduct. He is suspended from RMIT for one semester and is required to repeat the subject.
Eventually Sam completes his law degree and the practical legal training requirements. He now wants to complete his application for admission to practise but is concerned about the disclosure requirements.
Why do disclosure requirements exist for admission to practise? Do you foresee any problems for Sam based on the facts above? ( 1000 words )
20 marks
Question 2
Why do you think it is important that the three arms of government - the judiciary, legislature, and executive- are separate in Australia? Discuss two examples of where this relationship may have become blurred. ( 1000 words )
20 marks
Referencing is needed for every 100 words (or) 20 references in total is compulsory.